Finding Legal Help When Things Go Wrong
Even though we've just said that you don't actually have to pay an accident claim solicitor for services and that no-one would use their insurer's appointed solicitor to sue the insurance company - there is a side to legal assistance cover provided by insurers that might actually be useful. Again, not many people bother to read what's actually included or even check when stuff comes up. But for most policies the included legal assistance will cover non-car related matters as well such as home insurance claims, family law, business disputes and more. There will obviously be limits but make sure to read up and check just in case. They'll be betting on most people not noticing, as I'm sure that if everyone in the UK starting phoning up for free legal help every time they needed it - the insurer/solicitor would go bust pretty quick:
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Youngs Solicitors - Young & Co Solicitors Ltd in Longton (Stoke on Trent): But even variants such www.youngandco.co.uk are owned by different firms. The firm doesn't list testimonials on their website, but that's fine. This is something we've covered before in our articles and is one of the main reasons we urge people to read through the actual com...
ULA Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in London: We didn't have to search through the small print to find out. The most important figure we think people should focus on is not how old the brand name is, but the number of years experience the actual solicitor that will be handling your case has. But the fact they still wor...
Trust Inheritance Ltd Wills, Probate & Estate Planning in Weston-Super-Mare: But after checking up on the credentials of a firm and looking up whether the 'award-winning service' they tout has actually won some real awards (rather than just being stated hoping you won't check). On this occasion it shows there is good mix of seasoned expertise along ...
Trojan Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London: Whilst we normally haven't used the firms we write about to handle a case for us (obviously, as we review hundreds of law firms) we will have at least interacted and or worked with some of the staff. These days the high-street-solicitor is not the only option available to pe...
The Legal Practice Ltd - Solicitors in Rickmansworth & Wembley Park, Greater London: You can end up with a 1-year-qualified lawyer from a 300-year-old brand name the same as you can end up with a 40-year-experienced lawyer from a 2-year-old firm.
class="infoquote "The foundations of The Legal Practice are built on client service."< div>
Of course ...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd - Road Accident Claims in Salford, Manchester: However there is a firm using www.injurysolicitor.co.uk - so just keep aware when typing.
A quick note on navigation too as the firm uses generic terms for the website address which we've know to possible cause some problems where people mix up 'injury' with 'injuries'...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Levenshulme (Manchester):
A quick note on navigation then with that point in mind. William Ho qualified as a solicitor in 1989, Ruby Bhatti in 1997, Arshad Mahmood in 2008, and Sobia Ditta in 2011. The age of the law office's brand name is therefore rather unimportant. It's not the age of the ...
Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd in Southampton, Liverpool & Havant: Having the resources of a larger firm can also have advantages . Entering such will bring up an error or redirect you elsewhere depending on what browser you are using. So to check up on the information on your local office, just click the appropriate office link and select...
Stenfield Ltd Solicitors in Norwich & Harrow on the Hill, London: That wasn't just the legal industry either. We've seen a law firm with a five star review for their pet-friendly cafe. Luckily Stenfield are members of The Law Society of England & Wales which is simply an excellent resource for consumer-side information. Any mentions of...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP in London, Finchley & Hatfield:
If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 594908 simons-rodkin-solicitors-llp?Solicitors=True" check out the page for this firm< a> for example, you'll be shown a wealth of information including alternative contact details, lists of all their off...
Springle & Co Solicitors Estate Planning Wills & Probate in North Shields, Tyne and Wear:
But how do you work out which firm might be best for you? From each solicitor's website it's clear that all of them believe they are the pick of the bunch. A quick note on navigation with there being four words in the official branding Springle, and, Co, Solicitors) wh...
The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider: With just a few fake emails the scammers can seem to convince home owners to hand over tens of thousands of pounds to a completely different bank account.
class="infoquote "Using our powerful IT systems we are able to streamline the whole search process so you can n...
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister & Mediator in Barnet, Greater London: A last word from Robin's site:
class="infoquote "I am at my best at times when clients are facing crisis or radical change where they benefit from my strategic and analytical focus and calm approach."< div>. The website is https secure for entering your personal detai...
Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors in Hackney: The one review we did see:
class="infoquote "provided a really helpful and professional service to help me make a claim"< div>
was obviously very positive . Currently neither www.rmsolicitors.co.uk or www.reynoldsmacdonald.co.uk seems to be owned by the firm.
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Richmond Legal Ltd Solicitors in Middleton, Manchester:
class="infoquote "Contact us on 0161 637 7177 or 07956 113019 for emergencies"< div>
Another sentence that might stand out to us more than regular consumers is this one. Our first impression of Richmond Legal was a curiousity regarding their chosen case range. So...
Reid Black Solicitors Ltd in Belfast, Antrim & Ballyclare: But even that still had a 5 star rating and ended with a bit about how the extra expense seemed worth it in the end. Made my whole experience stress free."
"Highly experienced staff have helped me massively"
"Case was resolved quickly, handled with sensitivity and ...
RD Costings Ltd - Criminal Injury Claims based in Portishead: 100% compensation guaranteed means there are no fees if your case wins.
Quite often a personal injuries practice will state no win, no fee and leave it at that.
class="infoquote "We understand the devastating and traumatic effect being a victim of a violent crim...
Pump Court Chambers Direct Access Barristers in London, Swindon & Winchester: Prior to this new setup, quite often the first time a client would meet their barrister is about 10 minutes before walking into the court room. But be aware that if you search for 'pump court barristers' or other related terms you may see www.onepumpcourt.co.uk, www.4pumpcou...
Penerley Commercial Lawyers in Islington, London: By that we mean some don't even have a single solicitor on staff. This is because some people's complaints can be ridiculously petty, and some can be attached to the totally wrong firm.
Their site is https secure for submitting your personal details on their contact ...
Pacific Law Estate Planning Solicitors in Manchester: But these days we would say that if the firm can't offer video-chat services they are now getting behind the times. We've been working with law firms for over twenty years now and some have confided that many negative reviews on their pages have been from people they beat in...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London, UK:
The qualification dates are of special interest to most people when we point this out. The main web address we link to above is www.otssolicitors.co.uk and currently www.otssolicitors.com does not redirect or have an alternate site. A mix of well experienced staff alon...
OneLaw Chambers - Solicitors, Barristers & Advocates in London: 'one' and 'law') most search terms will bring up the firm at the top of results. According to the law society website they have several trading names attached to them including OneLaw Solicitors, OneLaw Solicitors and Advocates, OneLaw Solicitors and Barristers.
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NV Legal Ltd Personal Injury Solicitors in Watford: That can only have positive implications for the final outcome of your case. You'll deal directly with your solicitor and they will be handling all aspects of your case. Something we've been trying to encourage firms to focus more on is the concept of rehabilitation rather...
My Law Matters from Fentimans - Solicitors in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Solihull & Waltham Cross: A good place to get information on this is actually a firm's local law society. This can sometimes cause search issues but the variants we tried such as 'my legal matters' still brought up the correct firm . According to the law society website, the solicitors behind My Law...
Milners Law LLP Solicitors in Leeds, Harrogate & Pontefract:
class="infoquote "very professional and helpful and provided a personal service which I imagine larger companies would not be able to provide"
"a professional and personable approach to what was a daunting experience"
"committed to the traditional values of ...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors in Bargoed & Tredomen, Wales: 'living in the past', 'unfriendly', and 'inefficient'). However this offer seems to be for Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors' whole case range. This tells you what each solicitor works on. Others include Peter FitzGerald who joined the UK legal system in 1996, right up to Sa...
MGBe Legal Immigration Lawyers in London: If someone calls saying they are from your solicitor and need to discuss payments - you can always hang up and call the firm back on the official number you have on their documentation just to be sure..
If you check out https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk person 47870...
Mckie Legal Solicitors in Penrith & St Helens (ConnectMeToaLawyer Ltd): A solicitor that takes 10% of your settlement but gets you £5000 compensation is a far better choice than one who takes no cut but only gets you a £1000 early settlement deal. But whether a solicitor charges a success fee or not shouldn't be the end-all of your decision to u...
McEwan Fraser Legal Property Conveyancing in Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Inverness: This includes Best Estate Agent Edinburgh and Scotland (AllAgents 2020) and Best Estate Agency in Scotland (Sunday Times),
class="infoquote "We specialise in the sale of both residential and commercial properties."< div>
Unfortunately when writing about firms in S...
Mason Bullock CCJ & Employment Solicitors in Coventry:
class="infoquote "...we’ll advise on whether you can negotiate a better settlement package and whether payments are being made in the most tax efficient way."< div>
This is another statement that may not stand out to general consumers, but does to us. For example...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd: Just hang up and ring back on the phone number the solicitor originally gave you. A few new types of business law firm have started emerging to fill this perceived "gap". But with a new branding setup, web address change, and expansion into more areas of corporate law - we t...
Lindsays Solicitors Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee: (No, really.) So never just flick through star ratings, always read comments to get a more rounded view of the pros and cons previous clients have discussed online.
The Law Society of England & Wales also https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 506346 lindsays" ...
Levins Solicitors in Huyton, Liverpool: Sadly in England & Wales (not so much in Scotland) many things can go wrong with a property sale purchase that are totally outside the solicitor's control.
class="infoquote "For over 30 years now we have continued to build our reputation and to provide legal services ...
Lefevres Law Firm - Litigation Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen: It now applies to very few case types, even fewer people, and pays out far less than a solicitor could earn just focusing on private cases. You can end up hiring a 40-year-guru lawyer from a law practice that set up 6 months ago. The number of years' experience your actual s...
KRS Estate Planning Ltd - Will & Probate Advice in Leicester:
A quick note on navigation as we're dealing with an acronymed company name and non-branded web address. The Direct Access scheme allows members of the public to hire barristers themselves rather than having to pay a solicitor who would then hire one for certain types...
Khan Law - Raees Khan Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: But the number of firms being clear about what that means is far fewer. If you've already been through a dozen websites of law firms today, you'll probably have been disheartened at just how similar they all seem. So how can you research a law firm or solicitor a bit more? U...
JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd in Manchester: This competition has really benefited clients in ensuring firms really buckle down and excel in a certain area. We love case studies, but originally thought this was simply because we've been working in the industry for over twenty years. Doing that should always help create...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: In this instance that's "Jacobs Law Solicitors Birmingham". Never discuss payments or bank details via email.
class="infoquote "worked tirelessly in what turned out to be a very complicated sale"
"we felt supported and informed throughout the whole process"
...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd in Newry and Dublin:
A quick note on navigation. Sadly, the focus seems to be more on the person's favourite colour and hobbies rather than any real insight into how they will act as your solicitor. Newry has a Polish Families Community Association with bustling Facebook page and all. That ...
Howe + Co Solicitors in Brentford, London: So it's always best to actually read the comments themselves and company responses if available rather than just flicking through star ratings.
One thing you rarely see in relation to UK law firms is an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to them. Often those little badges...
HooperHyde Business Law Solicitors in Solihull: It's very common. The Law Society of England & Wales has the best user-side offering we've seen across them all. They are a specialist firm focusing on helping businesses, but also have a different 'feel' to them from firms we already worked with. Unfortunately that's not ...
Hawkridge & Company - Hawk Law Solicitors in Gillingham, Medway: It's definitely something to keep in mind whenever you're checking for reviews about any firm that handles property matters. Hawkridge & Company are another firm which may appear like a regular high street firm, but they actually tick a lot of boxes for us that you typic...
Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents in Clarkston & Mount Florida, Glasgow: www.fultons-scotland.com does not redirect you and neither of the www.fultons.co.uk or www.fultons.com variants are owned by the company. As that information isn't readily available in Scotland (yet) we have to do a bit more digging. So what about the staff at Fulton's Estat...
Frazer Coogans Ltd - Solicitors in Ayr, Prestwick & Glasgow: That's thousands of websites and sales text we've sifted through. We've been reviewing law firms for over 20 years now. We would imagine that having a mix of ages, genders, and experience levels is an enviable position for any company that deals with direct client services. ...
Fieldfisher LLP Personal Injury Solicitors in Manchester & London:
It may therefore come as a surprise that we have added Fieldfisher Llp to that list considering they seem like a 'common' large law firm. One thing most people agree on is that seeing 'established in 1881' or some such ancient date proudly stamped across a firm's websit...
Fair Result Ltd Divorce Settlement Mediation Services in Leicester: yet. Typically we haven't used any of the services of the firms we write articles on. But maybe it's a very, very convincing fraudulent email lacking the usual African General hallmarks. Most lawyers will give you 15-60 minutes of their time over the phone before starting th...
Education Law Service Ltd - Special Educational Needs Lawyer in London: But just as a specialist individual Motor Offence barrister will typically charge much less and take far less time (compared to someone such as a multi-discipline solicitor within a larger firm) this is definitely another area of law where having a specialist could provide...
Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd in Preston, Lancashire:
If you too have already been through dozens of websites today looking for a solicitor to help you with a legal matter, you may have noticed many firms all claiming to be 'modern', 'experts', 'experienced', and 'friendly'. Dylan Nair state being able to communicate in ...
DV Solicitors (Deo Volente Legal LLP) Law Firm in Bedford & Luton: The statement about having served clients for seven years though may make them sound quite new compared to the hundreds of law firms boasting founding dates in the 1800s and beyond. We try to offer varied legal service options across a wide range of case types. One last sn...
DisrepairClaim.co.uk - Housing Disrepair Claims Company based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire:
class="infoquote "Depending on the solicitor we refer you to, the No Win, No Fee success fee is 25%-50%+VAT."< div>
This may sound like quite a chunk of your compensation to lose. The first means that if your case loses you have nothing to pay. Fairweather Claims...
Simper Law Ltd - Solicitors in Norwich & Great Yarmouth: (Something companies tend not to include in their own testimonial section!) Negative reviews can be a great way to spot general themes of complaint. But it goes without saying that you can end up with a 1-year-qualified, completely inexperienced solicitor from a 200-year-old...
DFA Law LLP Solicitors in Northampton:
Luckily there are a lot more resources online to help choose a law firm than is probably known to most people. So how do we know DFA Law have experience staff? Most legal professionals are signed up to a local Law Society. A tough thing to admit with us being a Scotti...
David Stinson & Co Personal Injury Solicitors in Aylesford, Kent: The first means you will have nothing to pay should your case lose. That way the solicitor can get their fees costs covered. Unlike other services such as hairdressers, restaurants, or a car wash - most people don't rush online to share their experience about a messy divorce...
Cooks Solicitors in Newcastle under Lyme & Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire: She is very good at clearing jams in the conveyancing process."< div>
We couldn't find a staff profile section on the Cooks Solicitors website at the time of writing. That's because when it comes to any legal practice handling property conveyancing matters - it's actual...
CEL Solicitors in Liverpool - Housing Disrepair, Knotweed, & Data Breach Claims: Can you check up on such things? Well, yes. For a career with CEL Solicitors it's best to visit the website (), check opening hours, and find the correct phone email contact details. But it can get confusing fo...
Catteralls Solicitors in Wakefield: These are random snippets across a wide range of reviewers, most of whom decided that was the main feature they wanted to comment on. A last word from Catterall's own site:
class="infoquote "We always put our clients first. We did see the name 'Catterall Pell & Moxon' ...
QualitySolicitors Burton & Co in Lincoln & Sleaford: It provides a wealth of data user-side such as all trading names, alternative offices, languages spoken - plus the aforementioned qualification dates and expertise of each solicitor within each registered law office. All of which seems grossly unfair.
One of the best ...
Branch Austin McCormick LLP Solicitors in Mayfair, London: However according to our poll last year, only 8% of you trust the testimonials that companies display anyway. The jack-of-all-trades situation. Still with the varied searches we tried, the firm did pop up correctly in the search results.
There was plenty of other thing...
BLZ Solicitors NIHL, PPI & Immigration Lawyers in Stockport: defending NIHL companies from claimants. Whilst most of us may assume it's a sign the firm has an online client area to check up on your case 24 7 - it could simply mean that the solicitors know how email works. www.blzsolicitors.co.uk is the official site we link to above a...
Bilkus and Boyle Solicitors & Estate Agents in Glasgow:
Sadly so many firms use terms such as 'modern', 'friendly', 'established', etc. Be aware that no genuine web address can have an ampersand such as www.bilkus&boyle.com and none of the name-only variants such as www.bilkusboyle.com or the .co.uk's seem to be owned by any...
Beers LLP - Solicitors in Kingsbridge & Plymouth, Devon: If there are several negative comments related to being uncontactable - that's a good thing to note. If you've read through any of our other law firm cover articles, you'll hopefully know that we do our best to write unbiased information. It's very common for solicitors to...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services in Whitley Bay, Newcastle: The same is sometimes true of debt matters. But that's what you'd expect from a firm that deals day in day out with a single area of law. A last word from Aspire's own site:
class="infoquote "Aspire Licensing and Administrative Services offers a one stop shop for all...
Argue & Co Legal - Allan Argue Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: We've seen reviews posted by the opposing (losing) side in a case.
class="infoquote "took the time to talk me through all the detail and legal jargon"
"always gave me great advice when needing guidance on employment law"
"ensuring I was completely comfortab...
APS Legal & Associates Ltd - Will Advisors and Assured Probate Services: This particular claim above is made on a few pages we saw including the main page and their About Us section. No hard-sell, very professional."< div>
However, each of these testimonials is often not tagged regarding which advisor they are talking about. But still pay at...
Antony Hodari Solicitors Housing Disrepair Specialists in Manchester: It will tell you alternative trading names they use, other possibly more local offices to you, languages spoken, speciality case types, and more. Housing disrepair on the other hand are cases we've always understood to require considerable work for the amount of pay off fo...
Aconveyancing Ltd in Tamworth & Shirley (Solihull): In law industry terms, that might sound quite young with so many companies boasting ancient foundings such as 'established in 1881'. Having just an "a" in front of "conveyancing" did cause some minor issues when trying to research the firm. If someone calls or emails you a...
ABS Lawyers Ltd Solicitors in Corby & Maghull, Liverpool: ABS's 85 years though certainly could be a good indication of real, seasoned professionals available within the company . If the firm you're researching is signed up to them - wonderful. Indeed the majority of comments we read were written very strangely. There are other op...
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